A Petition to the Governor

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@Straphos

which basically maps out our departments. It virtually gives the administration of departments no power in creating their own guidelines, policies, and a general backbone of the entire department.

First of all, it is explicitly written that departments have the right to add more policies and generate their own guidelines. However, it has to be concurrent with with policies that we’ve made.

@Straphos

The Department of Public Safety has practically written an entire handbook for DOC, FSP, and SCSO — which basically maps out our departments.

Yes, we did type out a department handbook that reflects most if not all department policies that is currently in place within MOST OF THE DEPARTMENTS ALREADY.

@Straphos

We aren’t able to set up our own departments without FDPS budding their heads in.

Who said you weren’t able to set up your own department. But you’re not gonna have rules that contradict ours. That would be ignorant, and reckless.

@Straphos

One example is how recently they created a handbook basically dictating our departments, and they even made it so we have to do citation and arrest logs,

Exactly how is this a bad thing? Arrest logs and citation logs are useful for in the event you get sued as an officer you can refer back to your logs and better your chance in court. Because your arrest log will be descriptive as it requires a minimum of 4 sentences on the event in question. So, exactly what is wrong with using arrest logs and citation logs? Are you asking our officers to not be prepared for court? As they were taught during their time in POST?

@Straphos

I, as the Sheriff, did not agree or provide my signature to the recent handbook and yet it was published.

Power

we don’t haft to have your signature… No law mandates that

@Straphos

I had to go through a nomination and a passing of the county council to become Sheriff – yet they can basically control my department without any of that?

So you going through sheriff has to have a similar process of us making a directive? What do you want it to do… go through Congress?

@Straphos

The Department of Public Safety also uses this power to hold to use impeachment threats against department heads who do not follow up or agree with their actions, even if people disagree.

That’s because it’s mandated by law for them to follow… I’ll grab a screenshot right here:

The Public Safety Establishment Act:

@Virginian_State

SECTION 1C: The Firestone Department of Public Safety may issue Public Safety Directives which must be followed by all departments that the Department of Public Safety has jurisdiction over. Should a department head instruct their department not to follow a Public Safety Directive, they shall be subject to impeachment.